Josh @ 84, I have a suspicion about the formulation of the notions of comparative advantage as demonstrated by Ricardo. While I think there is some validity in his proposition, the weakness comes in comparing apples to turkey dressing.

If I understand it correctly (and I cannot give assurances that I do), Roberts improves the thinking. But the comparative advantages on new products and new services in global trade generates more flux in markets than comparative advantage notions account for. If the theory is adhered to South Korea would never have launched its automotive industry.

Like that theory the national security strategy is based upon a supporting structure of static assumptions that vary over time and are subject to more flux than the doc allows. Whiskey’s static use of race is based on definitions of sociological strata, that just ain’t so. It is individual initiative and individuals adjusting to situations and overcoming obstacles that starts the cultural trickle down/up flood like effect. Just as that is not a thing found in genetic code, consumption contains little predictive measure of culture. The leadership the NSS doc seeks, cannot be found in government, nor attained using their model.

The whole NSS effort reads more like the past bipartisan immigration reform bill put forth by Kennedy and McCain. The headings sound great, the substance is however not founded upon reality and is seriously flawed.